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As long as moddability is retained, I don't give a shit what it's made on. That being said, I've only seen a small handful of competently made UE4-based games.
 

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Neat.

Is moddability really off limits on this engine? Can't they modify enough shit to make customization possible?

UE4 is completely open source and you can even simply download tool kits for mod support. It's all up to the devs.
Is it? I thought Epic took royalties

Edit: I checked the site. It's not open source. You pay 5% if you hit some income targets per quarter
 

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Also you can access unmoddable UE game's files with certain tools: https://www.gildor.org/
Of course it depends on the game though, and obiously not all files can be opened.

UE4 is completely open source and you can even simply download tool kits for mod support. It's all up to the devs.
Is it? I thought Epic took royalties

Maybe I phrased it wrong, so my bad.
What I meant is that devs have access to the UE4 sourde code and can change it.

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/GettingStarted/DownloadingUnrealEngine/index.html

Can you name a single UE4 game that is moddable?

https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Modding:_Adding_mod-support_to_your_Unreal_Engine_4_project
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Category:Modding_Resources
 
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My biggest concern with UE4 is that most games have prebaked assets that are very hard to mod. If they are serious about allowing in depth modding they'll probably have to look at using their own file formats.

Also despite their avoidance of the question, it's very likely this will be an epic exclusive. Especially with the "assistance" Epic has been providing.
 

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It’s going to be a shitty low-effort cash grab. Come on, we all know this deep down. Gregorovich has run out of cash and he’s hoping to cash in on a game community that he did nothing to build.
If he ever released the X Engine I bet the community could make a way better effort, just look at Anomaly it looks almost as good as most modern shooters nowadays
 

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It’s going to be a shitty low-effort cash grab. Come on, we all know this deep down. Gregorovich has run out of cash and he’s hoping to cash in on a game community that he did nothing to build.
If he ever released the X Engine I bet the community could make a way better effort, just look at Anomaly it looks almost as good as most modern shooters nowadays

The community has had access to the source code for a while. That's how improved engines like Oxygen and Open Xray have come about.

Anomaly uses the Oxygen x64 engine I believe.

Also even if STALKER 2 is completely shit, the community will keep the franchise alive.
 

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Is moddability really off limits on this engine? Can't they modify enough shit to make customization possible?

Of course they can add mod support. Question is whether they'll add it from the ground up -- especially with other popamolio worries.
 

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